ICB staff to attend 75th anniversary celebrations at Westminster Abbey.
Date posted: 4th July 2023
Colleagues from across Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) have been invited to attend a special celebration event at Westminster Abbey to mark 75 years of the NHS.
NHS workers from all over the country will be heading to London, with 10 members of the team selected to represent the ICB.
Fleur Carney, director of mental health; Jane Cass, director of partnerships and collaboration; Aisha Chaudhary, director of culture and inclusion; Sue Cole, personal assistant; Kirsty Hollis, place and programme finance lead; Claire Lewis, associate director of quality assurance; Rachel Melton, integrated service manager and lead nurse for continuing healthcare; Linda Vernon, head of digital empowerment; Vicky Webster, associate director for children and young people; and Alison Whitehead, head of emergency preparedness, resilience and response, are all being recognised for their hard work over a number of years with an invite to the capital.
Fleur Carney said: “I am honoured to be presenting the ICB at such a memorable event. I have worked in the NHS for nearly 34 years both as a clinician and in various leadership roles and worked with the most amazing devoted and compassionate people in my career and have learnt from all of them.
“The NHS has enabled me to learn and develop my skills to get me where I am today. I did have a couple of short episodes out of the NHS but always came back.
“My role within the NHS allows me to ensure we make a difference to our people. Not every day is a good day but most days are!”
Jane Cass said: “I feel really privileged to have been invited to attend the NHS 75th anniversary celebrations at Westminster Abbey and am very much looking forward to sitting alongside many other colleagues and volunteers who have contributed so much to what the NHS stands for today.
“I have worked in the NHS for 25 years and I have been part of the great work that the NHS delivers; by preventing ill health, working with people to make positive life choices, such as stopping smoking and leading the implementation of immunisation and population-based cancer and non-cancer screening programmes.
“I am proud to have contributed to reducing health inequalities and improving health outcomes of our population and influencing priorities that the NHS focuses on.
“The NHS should be celebrated for the impact that it has on patients, families and the lives of our communities for the past 75 years and more to come.”